Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah, Judah the

father of Perez, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Aram, Aram the father of
Aminadab, Aminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,Salmon the father
of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the
father of Jesse, Jesse the father of King David, King David the father of Solomon, whose mother
had been the wife of Uriah,Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah,
Abijah the father of Asa, Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram
[Jehoram], Joram the father of Uzziah, Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz,
Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon,
Amon the father of Josiah,And Josiah became the father of Jeconiah [also called Coniah and
Jehoiachin] and his brothers about the time of the removal (deportation) to Babylon. After the
exile to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel [Salathiel], Shealtiel the father of
Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of
Azor, Azor the father of Sadoc, Sadoc the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, Eliud the
father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of
Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, Who is called the Christ. (the Messiah,
the Anointed) So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen, from David to the
Babylonian exile (deportation) fourteen generations, from the Babylonian exile to the Christ
fourteen generations.

SO: "How long was it from Adam to Abraham?"

1 IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the
earth. [Heb. 11:3.]

2 The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the
very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the
waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.

4 And God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it; and God
separated the light from the darkness. [II Cor. 4:6.]

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening
and there was morning, one day.

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament [the expanse of the sky] in the midst of the
waters, and let it separate the waters [below] from the waters [above].

February 1, 2011.